US9076497B1 - Electronic device with disk drive mounting assembly - Google Patents

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US9076497B1
US9076497B1 US14/475,782 US201414475782A US9076497B1 US 9076497 B1 US9076497 B1 US 9076497B1 US 201414475782 A US201414475782 A US 201414475782A US 9076497 B1 US9076497 B1 US 9076497B1
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Ching-Jou Chen
Chien-Min Hung
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/12—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
    • G11B33/121—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules the apparatus comprising a single recording/reproducing device
    • G11B33/123—Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis
    • G11B33/124—Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis of the single recording/reproducing device, e.g. disk drive, onto a chassis
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/02—Cabinets; Cases; Stands; Disposition of apparatus therein or thereon
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G11—INFORMATION STORAGE
    • G11B—INFORMATION STORAGE BASED ON RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN RECORD CARRIER AND TRANSDUCER
    • G11B33/00—Constructional parts, details or accessories not provided for in the other groups of this subclass
    • G11B33/12—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules
    • G11B33/125—Disposition of constructional parts in the apparatus, e.g. of power supply, of modules the apparatus comprising a plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. modular arrangements, arrays of disc drives
    • G11B33/127—Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis
    • G11B33/128—Mounting arrangements of constructional parts onto a chassis of the plurality of recording/reproducing devices, e.g. disk drives, onto a chassis

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  • the present disclosure relates to disk drive mounting assemblies in electronic devices, and more particularly to a disk drive mounting assembly convenient for users to mount or remove a disk drive in an electronic device.
  • Disk drives such as hard disk drives or optical disk drives are generally needed to be mounted in or removed from the computers or computer servers.
  • FIG. 1 is an exploded, isometric view of a disk drive mounting assembly with a disk drive in accordance with a first embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • FIG. 2 is an enlarged, isometric view of a retainer of the disk drive mounting assembly in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 3 is an assembled, isometric view of the disk drive mounting assembly and the disk drive in FIG. 1 .
  • FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of the disk drive mounting assembly and the disk drive in FIG. 3 taken along a line IV-IV, wherein the retainer is in a locked state.
  • FIG. 5 is another cross-sectional view of the disk drive mounting assembly and the disk drive in FIG. 3 taken along a line IV-IV, wherein the retainer is in an unlocked state.
  • FIG. 6 is additional cross-sectional view of the disk drive mounting assembly and the disk drive in FIG. 3 taken along a line IV-IV, wherein the retainer in another unlocked state.
  • FIG. 7 is a cross sectional view of a disk drive mounting assembly with a disk drive in accordance with a second embodiment of the present disclosure.
  • Coupled is defined as connected, whether directly or indirectly through intervening components, and is not necessarily limited to physical connections.
  • the connection can be such that the objects are permanently connected or releasably connected.
  • substantially is defined to be essentially conforming to the particular dimension, shape or other word that substantially modifies, such that the component need not be exact.
  • substantially cylindrical means that the object resembles a cylinder, but can have one or more deviations from a true cylinder.
  • comprising means “including, but not necessarily limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in a so-described combination, group, series and the like.
  • the present disclosure is described in relation to a disk drive mounting assembly configured to mount a disk drive.
  • the disk drive mounting assembly can include a carrier configured to receive a disk drive and a retainer configured to be coupled to the disk drive and retain the disk drive in the carrier.
  • the retainer can include a main body, a head extending from the main body, and two wings extending from two opposite sides of the main body and configured to be coupled to the disk drive.
  • the head has an end spaced from the main body and the wings. The end of the head is configured to move toward the main body when the head is pressed, and configured to move away from the main body to retain the disk drive in the carrier when the head is released.
  • the present disclosure is further described in relation to an electronic device including a disk drive, a carrier including a case configured to receive the disk drive, and a retainer coupled to the disk drive and configured to retain the disk drive in the carrier.
  • the retainer can include a main body, a head extending from the main body, and two wings extending from two opposite sides of the main body and coupled to the disk drive.
  • the head can have an end spaced from the main body and the wings. The end of the head is configured to move toward the main body when the head is pressed, and configured to move away from the main body to abut against the carrier to retain the disk drive in the carrier when the head is released.
  • the disk drive mounting assembly 10 can be used for mounting hard disk drives, optical disk drives or other electronic members.
  • the disk drive mounting assembly 10 is used for mounting optical disk drives 20 .
  • the disk drive mounting assembly 10 can include a carrier 200 configured to receive one or more receiving optical disk drive 20 , and one or more retainer 100 configured to retain the optical disk drive 20 with the carrier 200 .
  • the carrier 200 is configured to receive two optical disk drives 20 .
  • the carrier 200 includes a base 210 and a first cover 220 located on the base 210 .
  • the base 210 and the first cover 220 cooperatively form a first case 240 for receiving one of the optical disk drives 20 .
  • the carrier 200 further includes another second cover 230 stacked on the first cover 220 .
  • the second cover 230 and the first cover 220 cooperatively form a second case 250 for receiving other optical disk drives 20 .
  • the disk drive mounting assembly 10 includes two retainers 100 corresponding to the two optical disk drives 20 .
  • Each retainer 100 can include a main body 110 , a head 120 extending from the main body 110 , and two wings 130 extending from two opposite sides of the main body 110 .
  • the main body 110 defines a hollow 140 between the two wings 160 .
  • the head 120 has a proximal first end 121 attached extending from the main body 110 and a distal second end 123 extending from the first end 121 and corresponding to the hollow 140 .
  • the second end 123 is spaced, and tilted away from the main body 110 and the two wings 130 by the hollow 140 .
  • the second end 123 can move toward the main body 110 to be received in the hollow 140 by pressing, and the second end 123 can move away from the main body 110 to have at least a part of the second end 123 protruding out of the hollow 140 by releasing.
  • the head 120 can include a face portion 124 and two side portions 126 extending from two opposite sides of the face portion 124 .
  • the face portion 124 and the two side portions 126 are coupled to the main body 110 at the first end 121 , correspond to the hollow 140 , and are tilted upward and away the main body 110 at the second end 123 .
  • the face portion 124 is completely located outside the hollow 140 .
  • the two side portions 126 have lower portions thereof received in the hollow 140 .
  • the two side portions 126 are substantially parallel to each other, and substantially perpendicular to the face portion 124 .
  • the two wings 130 each can include a wing portion 131 and a coupling portion 133 extending from the wing portion 131 .
  • the wing portion 131 can be substantially perpendicular to the coupling portion 133 .
  • the wing portion 131 has a flat face 1311 .
  • the coupling portion 132 can define a through hole 1320 configured to receive a bolt 180 .
  • a protrusion 160 can extend outwardly from a joint of the main body 110 and one of the two wings 130 for coupling to the optical disk drive 20 .
  • the disk drive mounting assembly 10 can further include an operating device 300 corresponding to the face portion 124 of one of the two retainers 100 .
  • the operating device 300 can include a support 310 and a rotating member 320 rotatably coupled to the support 310 via a pivot 330 coupled to the support 310 and the rotating member 320 .
  • the support 310 can be coupled to a wall 30 which can be a part of a case of a computer.
  • the rotating member 320 can include a wheel portion 3211 coupled to the support 310 via the pivot 330 , a handle portion 3213 extending from a periphery of the wheel portion 3211 , and a finger portion 3215 extending from the periphery of the wheel portion 3211 toward the face portion 124 of the corresponding retainer 100 .
  • the optical disk drive 20 has a side face 21 defining two spaced apertures 22 corresponding to the through holes 1320 of the retainer 100 .
  • the side face 21 further defines a receiving hole 23 configured to receive the protrusion 160 of the retainer 100 .
  • the optical disk drive 20 can further have a blocking face 25 opposite to the side face 21 .
  • the protrusion 160 of the retainer 100 is inserted into the receiving hole 23 of the optical disk drive 20 .
  • the coupling portions 132 of the wings 130 of the retainer 100 contact the side face 21 of the optical disk drive 20 , the through holes 1320 correspond to the apertures 22 of the optical disk drive 20 .
  • the bolts 180 are engaged in the through holes 1320 and the apertures 22 , thereby retaining the retainer 100 to the optical disk drive 20 .
  • the optical disk drives 20 with the retainers 100 are inserted into the first case 240 and the second case 250 respectively.
  • the head 120 of the retainer 100 is pressed by a corresponding one of the first cover 220 and the second cover 230 , the second end 123 of the head 120 is moved toward the main body 110 of the retainer 100 to be received in the hollow 140 of the main body 110 , until the retainer 100 passes through the corresponding one of the first cover 220 and the second cover 230 and is released by the corresponding one of the first cover 220 and the second cover 230 .
  • the head 120 is elastically recovered and has the second end 123 moving away from the main body 110 , the second end 123 has at least a part thereof protrude out of the hollow 140 .
  • the head 120 has the second end 123 abutting against the side face 21 and an end of the carrier 200 to retain the optical disk drive 20 in the carrier 200 .
  • the retainer 100 is in a locked state.
  • the head 120 has the side portions 126 at the second end 123 abutting against the side face 21 and an end of the base 210 , the face portion 124 at the second end 123 is located beyond the base 210 along a stacked direction of the two optical disk drives 20 , and the finger portion 3215 of the operating device 300 corresponds to the face portion 124 of the head 120 .
  • the head 120 has the side portions 126 at the second end 123 abutting against the side face 21 and an end of the second cover 230 , the face portion 124 at the second end 123 is located beyond the second case 250 along the stacked direction of the two optical disk drives 20 .
  • the optical disk drives 20 can further have the blocking faces 25 blocked at an opposite end of the carrier 200 to prevent the optical disk drives 20 from being dropped from the end of the carrier 200 .
  • the face portion 124 of the head 120 at the second end 123 is pressed to move toward the main body 110 of the retainer 100 by a finger of a user or a tool.
  • the head 120 has the second end 123 received in the hollow 140 .
  • the face portion 124 goes into the second case 250 and is pressed by the second cover 230 .
  • the optical disk drives 20 can be released from the carrier 200 , here, the retainer 100 is in an unlocked state.
  • the handle portion 3213 of the operating device 300 is operated to drive the finger portion 3215 of the operating device 300 to press the face portion 124 toward the main body 110 .
  • the head 120 has the second end 123 received in the hollow 140 .
  • the face portion 126 goes into the first case 240 and is pressed by the base 210 , and the optical disk drives 20 can be released from the carrier 200 .
  • a disk drive mounting assembly 10 a with a disk drive 20 a in accordance with a second embodiment of the present disclosure is illustrated.
  • the difference between the disk drive mounting assembly 10 a and the disk drive mounting assembly 10 is that the disk drive mounting assembly 10 a can include one retainer 100 and a carrier 200 a configured to mount one optical disk drive 20 a .
  • the carrier 200 a can has one case which is cooperatively formed by a base 210 a and a cover 220 a .
  • the operating device 300 and the wall 30 in the disk drive mounting assembly 10 can be omitted in the disk drive mounting assembly 10 a.

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